''Memory Vague'' is a 2009

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project by

Oneohtrix Point Never Daniel Lopatin (born July 25, 1982), best known as Oneohtrix Point Never or OPN, is an American Experimental music, experimental electronic music producer, composer, singer, and songwriter. His music has utilized wikt:trope, tropes from various ...

, the alias of electronic musician Daniel Lopatin. It was released as a limited-edition DVD-R by Root Strata on June 1, 2009.

Background

''Memory Vague'' compiles found footage of

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animation Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...

and

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sourced from

YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...

videos and edited by Lopatin in

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. It collects several videos previously uploaded to YouTube via Lopatin's sunsetcorp channel, including the profile-raising videos "angel" and "nobody here." The DVD features several of Lopatin's "eccojams": audio-visual pieces which typically sample micro-excerpts of 80's sources and "slow them down narcotically" with effects such as

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and

pitch shift Pitch shifting is a sound recording technique in which the original pitch of a sound is raised or lowered. Effects units that raise or lower pitch by a pre-designated musical interval ( transposition) are known as pitch shifters. Pitch and ...

ing added in a manner reminiscent of

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styles.Daniel Lopatin releases remastered version of ''Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol.1'', Tiny Mix Tapes
/ref> Due to the stylistic effects present in the project, ''Memory Vague'' is considered a pioneering work in the

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genre.

Track listing

Personnel

Daniel Lopatin Daniel Lopatin (born July 25, 1982), best known as Oneohtrix Point Never or OPN, is an American experimental electronic music producer, composer, singer, and songwriter. His music has utilized tropes from various musical genres and eras, samp ...

– music * Maxwell August Croy – design, layout

References

External links

Official website''Memory Vague'' on IMDBsunsetcorp on YouTube (featuring videos of "angel" and "nobody here")
{{Authority control 2009 video albums Oneohtrix Point Never albums Experimental music albums by American artists Collage film 2000s avant-garde and experimental films